Microsoft offers $30 of coupons for pre-ordering Resident Evil 6

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If you haven’t pre-ordered Resident Evil 6 for the Xbox 360 yet, Microsoft has a tempting offer that may give you a reason to do just that. When you buy RE6 directly from Microsoft, you’ll receive $30 worth of coupons, $20 of that is 1600 Microsoft points, while the other $10 is a gift card for Microsoft’s site.

Capcom on the other hand announced their pre-order bonus a while ago: gamers get an Umbrella umbrella when they pre-order through Capcom’s official website. That $30 looking good now?

Earlier this week Microsoft and Capcom announced Xbox 360 gamers get to play three new multiplayer modes before they land on PC or PS3, giving you a further incentive to take Microsoft up on this offer. The new modes are Survivors, Predator, and Siege – Survivors has dead players turn into zombies who try and kill the humans in order to become human again, Predator has one player play as Ustanak and the other players must kill it or simply survive, and lastly Siege has one team protecting an NPC as the other team try to kill him or her.

Microsoft’s coupon deal is pretty good, since the game is $60 on their site and you’re effectively getting half of that back. Even if it is in coupons, 1600 Microsoft points will come in handy when that timed exclusive DLC comes out after the games release, and the $10 voucher could go towards another game or an accessory for your console.

Either way, Microsoft is really pushing Resident Evil 6’s release with their timed exclusives, the DLC, and the demo. Let’s hope all the money going into marketing it is rewarded with a solid gameplay experience.